Superintendent Mine Planning

Bravus Mining & Resources; Clermont; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Bravus Mining and Resources seeks a Superintendent – Integrated Planning to lead a team of mining engineers in delivering daily, weekly and 3-month mine plans, aligning short-term work with the SRF/Budget and the 5 Year Plan.

This site-based role at Carmichael Mine operates on an 8/6 roster, requiring strong leadership and collaboration with the Principal Integrated Planning to balance operational execution with longer-term strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) or related discipline.
• Experience in open cut coal mine planning and operations.
• Proficiency with SPRY, Vulcan or Deswik planning software.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily, weekly and 3-month mine plans and schedules.
• Ensure plans align to SRF/Budget and 5 Year Plan.
• Collaborate with Principal Integrated Planning on longer-term implications.
• Develop and mentor Senior Mining Engineers, Mining Engineers and Graduates.
• Direct Drill and Blast Engineers supplied by the contractor.
• Coordinate handover plans with Mine Operations.
• Monitor plan adherence and adjust for risks and opportunities.
• Integrate drill and blast with mine sequencing and production requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Safety leadership

Operational discipline

People development

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) or related

Tools

SPRY

Vulcan

Deswik

Job description

Superintendent – Integrated Planning, you'll lead the team responsible for developing and delivering the daily, weekly and 3-month mine plans, ensuring short-term execution remains aligned with and supports delivery of the SRF/Budget and 5 Year Plan.

Working closely with the Principal Integrated Planning, you'll connect short-term planning and operational execution with the mine’s longer-term plans and strategy. This partnership will ensure emerging constraints, opportunities and changes in the short-term plan are understood in the context of their longer-term impacts and appropriately incorporated into future planning.

You'll lead a team of Senior Mining Engineers, Mining Engineers and Graduates, along with Drill and Blast Engineers provided through our blasting contractor.

The position is site-based at Carmichael Mine and works an 8 days on, 6 days off (8/6) roster, overlapping with the rosters of the engineering team to provide continuity of leadership across crews. The role is a site based position at Carmichael Mine, so we ideally candidate are ideally looking for candidates that currently reside at Rockhampton, Townsville, Mackay – but we would consider candidates from Brisbane.

What you'll be doing

• Leading and being accountable for the delivery of daily, weekly and 3-month mine plans and schedules
• Ensuring short-term and 3-month plans remain aligned to the SRF/Budget and 5 Year Plan, with a clear focus on delivering agreed production and mining outcomes
• Working closely with the Principal Integrated Planning to understand the longer-term implications of short-term planning decisions, constraints and opportunities
• Maintaining strong alignment between short-term execution, Budget/SRF delivery and longer-term mine strategy
• Leading, developing and supporting Senior Mining Engineers, Mining Engineers and Graduates
• Providing day-to-day leadership and direction to Drill and Blast Engineers supplied by the blasting contractor
• Working closely with Mine Operations to develop practical and executable plans and ensure effective handover into operations
• Monitoring compliance to plan and performance against schedule, identifying emerging risks and opportunities and coordinating appropriate planning responses
• Ensuring drill and blast planning and execution is integrated with mine sequencing and production requirements

About You

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mining preferred) or a related discipline, with strong open cut coal mine planning and operations experience
• Proven experience developing and delivering short and medium-term mine plans and schedules that support Budget/SRF and longer-term mine plans
• Strong understanding of planning, budgeting, forecasting and reconciliation processes
• Proficiency in SPRY, Vulcan and/or Deswik
• Demonstrated leadership experience, with the ability to develop engineers and build a high-performing technical team
• Strong stakeholder management across Mine Operations, Technical Services and contractor teams, with a commitment to safety leadership, risk management and operational discipline
• Current Standard 11, QLD Coal Board Medical and QLD Class C Driver Licence, plus relevant QLD coal mining supervisory and risk management competencies

Why Join Bravus?

• Be part of one of Queensland's largest and most significant mining operations.
• Competitive salary and performance incentives
• Exposure to large-scale operations
• Commitment to safety and wellbeing

Bravus Mining and Resources' Carmichael mine is an open cut thermal coal mine in the North Galilee Basin, approximately 160 kilometres northwest of the town of Clermont.Carmichael produces more than 12 million tonnes of thermal coal for the export market each year.More than 1400 people are engaged in permanent roles at Carmichael and workers travel to site on direct flights from Townsville, Rockhampton, Cairns, or Mackay (a flight time of approximately 55 minutes). Those team members who live in the Isaac region have the option to drive-in and drive-out with individual travel and fatigue management plans in place.Bravus Mining and Resources is part of the Bravus group of Australian companies that encompass thermal coal, solar energy, port operations, and rail network and rail freight operations.This integrated portfolio provides long-term employment opportunities and career pathways for people who want to build experience and progress across different parts of the resources and infrastructure value chain.